"Diphtheria Toxoid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The formaldehyde-inactivated toxin of Corynebacterium diphtheriae. It is generally used in mixtures with TETANUS TOXOID and PERTUSSIS VACCINE; (DTP); or with tetanus toxoid alone (DT for pediatric use and Td, which contains 5- to 10-fold less diphtheria toxoid, for other use). Diphtheria toxoid is used for the prevention of diphtheria; DIPHTHERIA ANTITOXIN is for treatment.
| Descriptor ID |
D004168
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D20.215.894.691.263
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| Concept/Terms |
Diphtheria Toxoid- Diphtheria Toxoid
- Toxoid, Diphtheria
- Diphtheria Vaccine
- Vaccine, Diphtheria
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| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Diphtheria Toxoid" by people in Profiles.
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Pluronic F127-based systemic vaccine delivery systems. Vaccine. 2004 Jun 23; 22(19):2396-405.
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Humoral immune response to tetanus-diphtheria vaccine given during extended use of chloroquine or primaquine malaria chemoprophylaxis. J Infect Dis. 1998 Jun; 177(6):1762-5.
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Lymphocyte response to tetanus toxoid among Indonesian men immunized with tetanus-diphtheria during extended chloroquine or primaquine prophylaxis. J Infect Dis. 1997 Dec; 176(6):1644-8.
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New considerations for Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccination. Clin Pharm. 1992 Apr; 11(4):332-6.
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Association between immunoglobulin allotypes and immune responses to Haemophilus influenzae and Meningococcus polysaccharides. Lancet. 1979 Jan 27; 1(8109):190-2.